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In February 2018, I started working on a few projects for a new mosque in Hayward, California. The first project was around the main hall of the masjid, with part of Surah Rahman (55:1-23) written around the room. This chapter is noted by its oft-repeated verse, reminding us all, “which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?”

In mid-March, I began working on the dome of the mosque. Looking up at it in the beginning was a bit intimidating; I’d never taken on a project of this scale before, but the challenge was definitely worth it! The base of the dome has verse 35 from Surah Noor, also known as The Verse of Light (Quran, 24:35). The top of the dome states the first pillar of our faith: “I bear witness that there is no God but God and Muhammad [peace be upon him] is His messenger.”

"The mosques of Allah are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and establish prayer and give zakah and do not fear except Allah, for it is expected that those will be of the [rightly] guided." (Quran, 9:18)

The piece reads, "O Prophet, We have sent you as a witness, as a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner—as a caller to God with His permission, and a shining light." (Quran, 33:45-46). "The shining light" (al-siraj al-munir), was the title given for SeekersGuidance/SeekersHub to Shaykh Faraz Rabbani by Habib Umar.

(59:22) هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِى لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ هُوَ الرَّحْمَـنُ الرَّحِيمُHe is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. He is the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

(59:23) هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَHe is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.

(59:24) هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُHe is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.(Quran, 59:22-24, Sahih International Translation).